Redondo Beach “Shark Tank” kid gets deal

by Garth Meyer He strode into the “Shark Tank” set in September and gave his pitch, his mom and sixth-grade sister assisting. He sought $100,000 for 10 percent equity.  Starting the project when he was eight years old, Nathaniel Wellen was now a freshman at Redondo Union High School, his product a “dual-handle umbrella,” which […]

RUHS freshman goes on “Shark Tank” Friday

by Garth Meyer RUHS freshman Nathaniel Wellen will appear Friday night on “Shark Tank” on ABC at 8 p.m. The latest stop in his journey with his dual-handle umbrella invention, he first competed at the Redondo Beach Unified School District “Invention Convention” in 2021-22 for middle school. Advancing to subsequent levels, Wellen made it to […]